The Bible isn't a choose your own adventure book where everyone can just make up their own meaning. — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
“Someone once asked Gandhi for a sermon, and his reply was, “My life is my sermon.” In the same way, we see how Jesus… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
“saying out loud and naming what you don’t believe anymore breaks the power that fear holds over you. When you do this, you can… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
If one takes a public stand against, say, most any sin you can think of, one is considered "courageous" and a "defender of the faith." Folks will quickly applaud you and tell you how much they admire you for "taking a stand" on biblical truth. Except if you quote Matt. 5:44 and invite people to apply it in any sort… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share
Justice is only achieved in beautiful fullness when the oppressed has been elevated back to their rightful place, and when those who were guilty of the oppressing have experienced repentance, healing, and restoration as well.--justice is only achieved in beautiful fullness when the oppressed has been elevated back to their rightful place, and when those who were guilty of the… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share
“When we look at the undiluted, radical message of Jesus, we see that it was never about wearing a theological label, subscribing to a… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
“Like the religious elite of Jesus’ time, we are destined for a life of being barrier makers and line drawers if we insist on holding on to a culturally diluted version of Jesus. However, when we rediscover the radical message of Jesus—a message that consistently, from beginning to end pronounced inclusion for the excluded, and love for the outcast—we rediscover… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share
“The undiluted Jesus is someone who invites us to actually follow him—to do the things that he did—and to be willing to set aside anything in our lives that gets in the way of that central calling. It’s a calling for us to simply look like Jesus. To let the dead bury the dead. To embrace an uncertain future. To… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share
The Bible isn't a choose your own adventure book where everyone can just make up their own meaning. — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
“I continued to find myself in a constant process of attempting to deconstruct values that were cultural and replace them with the legitimate teachings… — Benjamin L. Corey Copy Share Image
